Maruti Suzuki to price all-new Swift at Rs 5.83 lakh in India

The bookings for the new Swift have been opened with an initial payment of Rs 11,000 last month.Preeti Verma

New Delhi:Maruti Suzuki’s all-new Swift is all set to launch at Auto Expo 2018. Pioneering the compact car segment in India, Swift has evolved in this new avatar for young and ever-changing customers of India.

The most-awaited car of the year may be priced Rs 60,000 more than the existing range, according to the sources. Currently, Maruti Suzuki Swift starts at Rs 5.23 lakh in India, which means it is likely to be bracketed in the Rs 5.83-8 lakh price sticker.

The bookings for the new Swift have been opened with an initial payment of Rs 11,000 last month.

The iconic Swift, which continues to feature among the top five best selling cars in India for over a decade, now comes with a brand new design.

The completely new Swift is engineered with the best of Suzuki’s design capabilities and built on the innovative fifth generation Heartect platform. The platform gets more strength and rigidity and helps to improve the power to weight ratio, leading to better acceleration performance for a peppy and fun to drive experience.

The all-new Swift is wider, compact and with longer wheel base allowing more cabin space, headroom as well as luggage space.

Maruti's parent Suzuki is also planning to exclusively manufacture the next-generation Swift at its Gujarat plant for sale in India and abroad.

The waiting period for the new-generation Maruti Suzuki Swift is likely to have 3-4 months.

The company will also premiere its new compact car -- Concept FutureS at the Auto Expo in February 2018. The Concept FutureS is a compact car with SUV like characters and will create its own positioning by breaking away from the conventional proportions of a compact car.

​​This comes as a surprise to the industry as Rakesh was recently elevated to the position of Directo Sales and Marketing which was the third promotion for him in six years of his tenure in the company.